MAN SAYS HE CAUGHT CAR SHOP TRYING TO SCAM HIS MOM AFTER SHE TAKES HYNDAI IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND THEY QUOTE HER $700

TikTok user Menjicar (@menjicar) is a master technician and BMW enthusiast. In a viral video he accuses another car shop of trying to scam his mother after she took her car in for an oil change, and they quoted her an extra $700.

@menjicar shows the driver’s seat of his mother’s Hyundai. In the seat, you can see a paper invoice and a car diagnostic scan tool. “So some shop tried to scam my mom today,”  @menjicar says. “Specifically about $700.”

He explains that his mother went in for an oil change, which turned out to be $120. That wasn’t the issue. 

“They said something about the air filter, which is fine. They could go ahead and do it. Air filter and labor, which is about $80. Not too bad,” he says.

“The lights did come on after the air filter was changed and the air filter was done.”

“The issue is that the check engine light came on after, and all these other lights,” @menjicar says, showing viewers the check engine light flashing.

The real issue, @menjicar says, is the diagnostic fee the shop wanted to charge his mother to resolve the check engine light.

That amounted to two hours of labor at a rate of $350 per hour. So the shop essentially wanted to charge @menjicar’s mother $700 to solve a problem they created.

He shows the source of the issue: A plug that’s not plugged in. “I look at the mass air flow, what do we find? We find this thing completely off. All it needed was this right there. 

“I don’t know if this was a mistake or if it was on purpose, hard to tell. Because it could’ve been a mistake that they unplugged this to take this off."

Using the scan tool, @menjicar erases the codes and the check engine light goes off.

In the comments section, users are expressing their disbelief in the situation. “700 to connect something they disconnected,” reads one top comment.